Around 20,000 miles; everything went wrong. First, the power seats started to act sluggish when moving. The in-dash 6 disc CD player would "eat" and scratch your discs.
At 28,000 miles the whole engine needed to be replaced. It needed a new brake system, a new transmission, and a new engine. The brakes were not adequite for the large size of the crew cab (4 door) long bed. Espeially when pulling a horse trailer.
It was a comfortable riding truck, but very loud and noisy.
It took forever to heat up so that the heater would be nice and warm.
The heated seats got really hot and sometimes wouldn't turn off.
I cannot believe your posting! I have never heard of a truck having all the problems you are mentioning so early in its life. I have had 2 ford diesel trucks with well over 180,000 miles and none of those problems occur. I had to change the brakes about every 50,000 miles, but when you consider I was towing a boat that is not bad. my original axle seal was changed for the 1st time at 180,000 on one axle. did somebody pay you to post that??? the 7.3l ford diesel engine is the best. I wish ford would bring it back. it's true that the 6.0l from 2003-04 had problems, but the new 6.4l is a lot better. let's see what comes of it in a few years.
I find this posting difficult to believe as well. As stated, so many problems in 28,000 miles? Since almost all vehicles are warrantied beyond that point nowadays, I doubt seriously that this could be the norm since Ford would go broke taking care of these problems.
I live in a part of the country where trucks of this caliber are needed for everyday work and the Ford F350 and the Dodge 2500 are the most common vehicle seen everywhere you go. (Yes, I'm in Texas cattle country.) If these machines were not up to the tasks demanded of them, they would not be so prevalent.
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